I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.

  • -- A. R. Ammons 安蒙斯

我不能告诉你一首诗从何而来,它是什么,它是干什么用的,别人也不能告诉你。我不能告诉你的原因是,一首诗的目的是超越叙述,通过燃烧得到认可。

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I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you can't earn, and can't keep, and often don't even recognize at the time; I mean joy.

我当然不高兴。幸福与理性有关,而只有理性才能赢得幸福。我得到的是你挣不到的东西,不能保存的东西,往往在那个时候你甚至不认识它;我的意思是快乐。

Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'

克洛普斯托克在他的诗中被问及一段话的意思。他回答说:“有一次,上帝和我都知道这是什么意思;现在只有上帝知道了。”

Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.

只有真正的手才能写出真正的诗。我看不出握手和诗歌有什么本质区别。

Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.

信心不是一种感觉,不是一种视觉,也不是一种理性,而是上帝的工作。

I'm telling you, there is a lot of power in being unapologetic.

我告诉你,不道歉有很大的力量。

I don't mind telling a dark side.

我不介意说黑暗面。